10/20/2006

Mentors: The Fast Track To Success.

One of the key factors that successful people mention as being a prime reason for their achievements is having a mentor. It’s mentioned everywhere from Napoleon Hill’s book “Think & Grow rich” right through to being the very premise behind Donald Trump’s successful TV series, “The Apprentice”.

What is a mentor? In essence, a mentor is a person who has achieved a level of success and experience in a particular field of expertise that you wish to master. From this position, he/she is powerfully positioned to help you succeed rapidly, by short-cutting the process and showing you the inside secrets to making rapid advances.

Bill Gates, the world’s richest man, has a mentor. His name is multibillionaire Warren Buffet - the world’s most successful investor. Jim Rohn was Tony Robbins’ mentor. Tony Robbins has mentors too. Indeed, almost anyone you care to name who has made it big in any field has one or more mentors.

There are mentors for money (e.g. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Dan Pena, Bob Proctor). There are mentors for spirituality (Deepak Chopra, the Church pastor, Jesus, Buddha and more). There are mentors for success in Sport: they are called coaches and trainers.

In fact, it is possible to have a mentor in virtually any field of endeavor that you care to mention: everything from Fly-Fishing to Dating, from Copywriting to Scriptwriting. The apostle Paul mentored a 1st century bishop called Timothy. the poet Ezra Pound mentored T.S. Eliot throughout his career. In Star Wars, the Jedi Master Yoda, was mentor to one trainee Jedi after another.

Hence you can see that mentors exist is EVERY conceivable field. The list is endless.

Hence, you need to ask yourself a question. If all these people acknowledged the crucial importance of Mentoring, what about you? Might THIS one factor be holding you back? If you don’t already have a mentor, don’t your think you should think about getting one?

Mentors have already invented the wheel, so that you don’t have to reinvent anything. They already know the people you need to meet. They’ve already climbed the mountain you wish to conquer.

You should also know that you do not have to have just one mentor. You can have a different one for every area you wish to master. Hence, you might have one mentor for your business, another for your personal growth, and yet another for your hobby.

Much of the time, people would love to have a younger, less experienced person consult them for advice. Yet, nobody ever asks them to. People always imagine that such people are far too busy or whatever. For example, in business, there is a wealth of former CEOs of major companies - often stock market listed companies - who have basically been “put out to pasture” and nobody comes to ask them anything anymore. However, if you approach them, you would find that they would be more than happy to help.

If you are hard put to find a physical mentor, maybe you can utilize the internet and find one online? There are numerous mentor and coaching programs on the internet which, although not as ideal as a physical personal mentor, are still an excellent choice if you cannot find one in your area.

In addition, you should consider where you might be able to be a mentor to someone else? There is DEFINITELY some area that you either know a lot about, or are greatly skilled in, where others would benefit from your experience. Before you reply by negating the very idea, you should remember that the world is a huge place, and there are people trying to learn virtually every skill you care to mention. They are prepared to pay well for it too.

What are the factors in selecting a mentor? A good mentor must have excellent communication skills, be honest and possess integrity, have a deep level of experience in the area you wish to master, and be an organized, balanced and disciplined person.

It is also essential that you are able to establish a real rapport. After all, how can you profit from the relationship if you don’t even like each other and get on as people. This is a crucial factor, both if you wish to BE a mentor or if you are seeking to find one. People help people they personally like. They want to see people succeed whom they have some friendship or empathy with.

Overall then, if you have been finding that success has been eluding you in the area of your choice, then you should definitely consider a mentor. Begin to think now about how and where to find one. Offer that person some incentive to be your mentor, whether it be financial or otherwise, to get them on your side.

However, one way or another, find yourself a mentor. This will be your single fastest shortcut to Success!

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10/23/2006

Veronica; New Zealand @ 1:47 am

This article hit close to home for me. I definitely lack a mentor, or quite a few I think! I will actively seek out mentors in the different fields of interest that I have. I am always seeking “mentors” via the internet and books but nothing beats a physcial mentor with whom you can talk, one to one. Thanks for your timely comments.
Veronica, New Zealand

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